New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
rgE FREE CALCULATING LIBRARY.

nyv.r apowrH OF THE woRK-THE BRIGHT SIDE
OF NEw-YORK LIFE.
p.niau,in H. Field. whose relations Win char'aoio
srstitntions in this city ore weknown' recently sao
T'bis city IL by means 90 bad az good many
na make IL ont To be sure 1t has IT'S bad side, but
Il also has its good one and IN no way Is Inc a'er
,.oro clearly shown than in the large number OF
n.r;table institutions in the city. And these are sup
uorted b, contributions from our ctzens LOOK over
{he st Of commute in the Newly Free Crcuiat-
ine Library for instance, or the lone 1or ncuraoles
Young Women's Christian Assocation-whicnever OF
fhese Iists you study you find the names OF kno wn
men and wo men, who devote much tine and labor 10
Advancing the interests OF these institutional !hcy
IRE not fgureheads; nor do they alone give
labor They dive into their.pOckots and give rom
$50 or 500 to $1,000 OF $4,000 and nothing Is
caid OF it or thought OF 1t. well known iaay " LIE
city sent me SIS 900 check the other day ior oto III
st;tpt;on She does not wish her name 10 20 men.
TONED she contributed the sum from wa" nastantIv
and noble instinct And so II 10 gong S On Ite
This Il the good and beautiful side OF New- ork me
III - .nah,e. the moor and unfortunate TO secure go"G
r.aanc at a good library, end te have the most sAn
treatment at the hands OF expert surgeons anu
Fied is president of the NewYork Free Cir.
ouating Library He said OF the last years WORK vi
'nai It Z remarkabe how this library has grown in
favor and how large circulation II mas attaned
This last year the book circulating rom tne Bono
Street and Ottendorer branches reached the NUN per
OF 100000 far exceeding the authorizations OF the
founders OF the society. The provision tor financial
aid to circulating libraries made by the iast Legsia.
ture will greatly aid The increase IN CIRCULATION
this last year over the before was 33,oOO ana
only two books we're lost out OF this large circulation
me OF ean Of So over 1855
number of volumes in the two branches 10 22'oZS.
The expense OF the library work was so 10 ~ 10
thi, il to DO added 81 800 SO tor the purchase OF
books much OF which spent in replacing DOCKS
worn out by constant reading. 1t WINS t0und tnat
many popular and juvenile books were literally reaa 10
pieces. The circulation OF juvenile and popuaary
written books has been large, because fully
of the readers younA men between the ages Oh
fifteen and twenty-five years" .,,a ~ th.
library from 1850 to 1885 we're John Jacob Aston
Cortsndt Field Bishop, David w; Bishop AH M.SI
Cyrus W. Feld Mrs. Benjamin Il. Field. Robert hoe
f., Morris X. JesuP, j. Pierpont Morgan. oswald
EendOzer Mr. Frederic W. om s sSe ssa o
BaT G"s Nj Miss Breeze yaI.ss NJ Brown Andrew
Mrs.. W. H. Draper. c. p. Huntingdon NJ. X. Jessup.
Mrs. j. F. Kernochan, j. F. Kernochan, Abraham N
Mills James s. Noyes. Frederic Prime, Z. +. shepard
w. D. Sloane. Roswell P. Smith, F. W. vanderSllt;
Vanderbilt % Mrs. Wos,; sIdfsy webster H0Os''
Mrs Woerishoffer has recently contributed %io,VUo
in memory of her husband, while MISS Cathar1ne w;
Brnces gift Of $4,000, with which new branch Will
he opened on the West Sde is still fresh in memCry
The librarians report the most popular reading
IN the library contains the following statement;
In religion and philosophy there Is very av cal
and specuatve The science list shows great ana ln
creasng demand knowledge the majority OF te nooSs
road n,ug on education culture In the department ol
science most popular books have circulated a. many
times as po.sibe during the for instance Cooe'
tasy Experiments" OF which we nave nut one COPY,
tweniy five times two weeksl ana anotheI
vr,iin IN bur scientific STYLE What Mr. Darwin
Jaw in Voyage the Nord IN the snip BeSie one
The need Tor additions IN this department ana n
fhaf of use,u arts where list ia equally remdrAaue
postry Shakespeare holds mnch the lead that we nave
male special fist The circulation OF shake SIeae
etions 2O9 L,ngtelIow oow AZ hity esht ne
department and sceany deserves SPECIAL atsn
RON as showing that public reads the best O0oAs
Fiction as expected shows the largest
though this than in anv other uOlc library W
we ia Va rcpos: hut the books seectei are uheAcepoh
able this department is the greatest enc
mani 10 us The history list the great uehnu oI
works on American which demand so gieat eAcees
supply often desir able BOOKS On tnlt ao
on he raphy and travel
same No further comment IS needed 10
show that society accomplishing the greatest goou III
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